USS Harrisburg (LPD-30)

USS Harrisburg (LPD-30) will be the 14th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy. She will be the second ship in naval service named after the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[1] Harrisburg will be built at Pascagoula, Mississippi by Ingalls Shipbuilding, with the first cut of steel expected during 2020. The ship will be the first Flight II variant of the San Antonio-class.[1][2]

USS Harrisburg (LPD-30)

Harrisburg's sister ships USS San Antonio and USS New York.
History
United States
Namesake:	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Awarded:	26 March 2019
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Status:	First cut of steel expected 2020
General characteristics
Class and type:	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement:	25,000 tons full
Length:	208.5 m (684 ft) overall 201.4 m (661 ft) waterline
Beam:	31.9 m (105 ft) extreme 29.5 m (97 ft) waterline
Draft:	7 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:	Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried:	Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional)
Capacity:	699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Complement:	28 officers, 333 enlisted
Armament:	Two 30 mm Bushmaster II cannons, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Aircraft carried:	Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.

References

1. "SECNAV Names Future Amphibious Transport Dock Ship in Honor of the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" (Press release). United States Navy. 10 October 2019. NNS191010-02. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
2. "The Navy named its next warship after this city". www.navytimes.com. Navy Times. 10 October 2019.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.